Girls!? In Science?!
If anyone needs evidence of the underrepresentation of women in science-based fields, they should wander into a comp-sci class and have a seat near the…
2011
Dog walking with Pamela Anderson
Kristin Nelson has a popular name. She shares it with an American primitive painter and an actress famous for her work on the TV series…
Judge’s ruling on sex-assault case sparks angry opposition
Last Friday, an estimated 200 protestors gathered in front of the Manitoba Law Courts building to rally against Justice Robert Dewar’s recent ruling in a…
Exchanging humble pie
The Bison men’s hockey team faced off against arch-rival Saskatchewan Huskies this past weekend and came away with a valuable split, solidifying their berth in…
Smaller is better?
In comments made to the media last December by Lebron James, the Miami Heat star seemed to favour reducing the number of teams in the…
Biggest show in the West
From Feb. 25-26, the Max Bell Fieldhouse played host to the Canada West track and field championships, as 256 of the top track and field…
Go Jets go
Since 1996, the year Winnipeg lost its beloved professional hockey team, the most popular and polarizing topic of sports bar conversation has been: “Will the…
Bison briefs
Basketball After securing their first playoff berth since the 2003-04 season on the strength of a 9-15 conference record, Manitoba was swept in the first…
Political prisoner or thief?
On Dec. 27, 2010, Russian business oligarch, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, were charged with embezzlement and money laundering from Yukos Oil…
Won’t somebody think of the children?
People are up in arms about a little known hallucinogenic herb called salvia divinorum. Local MP Shelly Glover recently made the announcement that the federal…